Jon Kelly
Linux Systems Administrator
Buckeye,AZ
Summary
Capable IT Administrator, 3 decades experience many diverse environments, technologies and operating systems, providing commercial clients with stable networks, servers and end user work spaces. Both as active onsite/remote Engineer and as Project manager for larger projects, involved with planning, scheduling and implementation of project goals.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
IT Administrator
Kel-tek Computer Network Services
Huntington Beach, CA
08.1999 - Current
- Installed, configured, and maintained hardware such as servers, computers, and printers.
- Maintained the organization's network infrastructure including routers, switches, firewalls, and wireless access points.
- Analyzed intricate server issues and supported large enterprise and business-critical applications.
- Gathered data pertaining to customer needs to identify, predict and evaluate system and network requirements.
- Spearheaded server infrastructure development, quality control, staging and production operations.
- Created centralized configuration management plans for multi-site businesses, prioritizing standardized system frameworks to ease future support deployments.
- Provided technical guidance to staff members regarding best practices in IT operations.
- Configured VPN tunnels between remote sites for secure communication over public networks.
- Set up file sharing protocols such as SFTP and FTP for secure data transfer across networks.
- Conducted research into emerging technologies in support of system development efforts.
- Resolved software-related issues by performing troubleshooting steps or escalating them to vendors for resolution.
- Configured Windows Server roles such as DHCP, DNS, Samba, NFS, Cups, lp, Lprng, FTP, Email, Postfix, Exim4, Sendmail, Dovecot, Imap POP, Apache, Exchange, IIS, Hyper-V.
- Managed virtual machines running on KVM/qemu, Xenserver, VMware and Xen including creating snapshots for quick recovery from errors or failures.
- Deployed patches on all desktops and servers in order to maintain security standards within the organization.
- Analyzed logs from various systems to detect potential security threats or anomalies and performance issues.
- Directed installation, maintenance and reporting for servers and systems, triaging service calls and prioritizing tickets based on related technical factors.
- Spearheaded automation of several system administration functions, reducing required billable hours of intervention.
- Diagnosed, troubleshot and resolved hardware and system problems.
- Performed data backups and disaster recovery operations.
- Implemented and provided technical support for voice services and equipment.
- Planned, tested and supported high-availability infrastructures.
- Coordinated with vendors and company personnel to facilitate purchases.
- 2001 Installed first Linux system in commercial site, Phillips 66 Refinery, Wilmington, CA - Used Linux along with NWMars, which allow us to expand the number of Novell 2.2 server users, without purchasing more lic. This allowed us to test new scheduling software and not have to purchase double the licenese for the test period. After that we continued to install NWMars at other Novell sites, or a number of years, allowing for data storage expantion, as well as users.
- 2002 started installing Samba at commercial clients, which allows for competition against Windows NT server at much better pricing, while actually gaining many new features not yet available to Windows servers.
- 2002 Linux same year, I stared to enlarge the scope of servers and services we delivered, email server, sendmail, postfix, exim4, pop3, imap dns, ftp, web server. Wasn't long after that we were delivering Linux based sql and cobol data servers to client, in some cases running the code, in other cases, such as finance, running programs written for Unix on Linux and gaining huge speed benefits.
Novell Certified Engineer
Masley Associates
Fountain Valley, CA
06.1998 - 07.1999
- This site was the number 3 rated Novell Vendor for US, in terms of Sales volume. Alot of server installs, usually Compact servers.
- Installed, maintain, repaired and/or trouble shoot large client Novell servers, ver 2.2, 3.11.
- Maintained client servers across 3 states, often traveling to site.
- Created users, printers, data shares. Maintained most of these systems as well.
- Network printing was rather new and Novell's print servers, though picky, were very solid once setup. Good deal of network printing and print server work.
- Performed Novell server upgrades from 2.1/2.15 to 3.1 at Bank Of America sites from San Diego to San Francisco over a span of 2 weeks. There were 2 of us doing this job, assigned to different banks.
- Installed High speed RAID5 tape backup servers, controlled by Windows NT servers, at Food for Less and Ralphs and a number of other clients in Las Vegas, gaming companies. For Food for Less, the system was located in Torrance CA and would backup 3 different states across the Internet.
Novell Certified Engineer
Advance Office Services
Santa Ana, CA
05.1996 - 07.1998
- Installed, configured, and maintained hardware such as Novell servers, computers, and printers serving commercial clients.
- Worked with Banyan Vines NOS, LAN manger, IBM's Token Ring.
- This was the time of DOS 3.3, and Windows 3, which was a shell, meaning it ran on top of DOS. So you had serious RAM issues and spent alot of time sorting out how you would use your little 640K and the few hundred extra K in upper memory.
- Maintained Novell Servers as well as Dos work stations.
IT Technician
Acom
Long Beach, CA
09.1993 - 07.1998
- Acom was a IBM and Novell shop, prior to Northridge Earthquake Jan 1994, we primarily service LAN printes and pc's intergation with IBM Toke Ring networks, or Installing and configuring Novell Servers.
- Northridge Earthquake hit and most of the next year I lived in Northridge. The freeways were broken, couldn't drive back and forth. So, stayed there most of the time, doing emergency services.
- Pulling Novell and IBM servers out of buildings that were condemned, ran power lines and data line from building to parking lots and tents were I setup the servers, printers and work stations.
- Due to damage and changes needed to recover services to businesses, learned to run and terminate COAX for ARcnet, Token Ring and Cat3 and Cat5 for Ethernet and Token Ring.
- Spent the next year moving servers, recovering networks to temporary sites, often outside in parking lots or grassy areas were we could get business up and running.
- In some sites, we'd run the cable right thru the huge cracks in the wall, like Northridge Hospital.
- Once companies either repaired their buildings or moved, I've the move the servers, printers and work stations to the new site or back into the old repaired building. Mostly new sites.
- Built and installed new Novell servers to companies who's servers had been destroyed, which were a few.
Education
Some College (No Degree) - Sharepoint
Sharepointmaven.com
09.2023
CAT6 Master Installer - Data Cable Installation
ICC Network Solutions Supplier
Huntington Beach, CA08.2021
Associate of Science - Information Technology
El Camino College
Torrance, CA11.1993
Novell Certified Engineer -
New Horizons
Santa Ana11.1993
Skills
- Linux Installation and Manage
- Linux virtualization KVM/qemu, XenServer, Xen, VMware
- Email servers Postfix, Exim4, Sendmail, Procmail, qmail, Zimbra, pop, imap, Dovecot
- Linux Samba, NFS, FTP
- Apache, mySQL, PHP, Jabber
- Decision-Making
- System Upgrades
- Infrastructure Planning
- Connectivity Resolution
- Automation Management
- Network Security
- Debugging
- Application Installations
- Hardware Installation
- Troubleshooting and Diagnostics
- Data Recovery
- VoIP Systems
- Virtual Machine Operation
- Server Improvements
- Hardware Expertise
- Firewall Management
- New Program Installations
- Data Backup
- Program Installations
- Project Management
- IP Addressing and Subnetting
- Script Writing
- Network Firewall Management
- LAN and WAN Control
- Network Administration
- Complete installation of data cable, CAT6, CAT7, COAX
Certification
- Novell Certified Engineer
- ICC Certified Master Installer - data cable systems
Languages
Spanish
Limited
Hebrew
Limited
Linux
- Discovered Linux early in my Novell career, at the time it was limited, but it has MARSnw, which allowed me to use Linux and extend out my Novell networks, that was late 1998 and the bug bit. I have continued to use that tool set almost every where and company, hundreds of them, that I've worked for.
- Needless to say time after time, I've found new software projects in linux Samba, NFS, Backuppc, Sendmail, Postfix, exim4, FTP, Pop, Imap, mySQL and then found places and projects to use them.
Structured Data Cable
- Jan 1994, Northridge Earth Quake, I'm a new Novell Engineer, now living in Northridge, because freeways are broken takes too long to go home. First thing I discover is, I can't fix any thing, if I can't run then Arcnet data cable and IBM COAX cable.
- Bought the tools and books and started pulling cable and moving servers
- I've since been certified in multiple cable systems and mediums, simply because it often allowed me or my team to finish a task or project, that other wise would have required rescheduling, lost time and travel waiting for someone else to provide the needed medium.
Timeline
IT Administrator
Kel-tek Computer Network Services
08.1999 - Current
Novell Certified Engineer
Masley Associates
06.1998 - 07.1999
Novell Certified Engineer
Advance Office Services
05.1996 - 07.1998
IT Technician
Acom
09.1993 - 07.1998
Some College (No Degree) - Sharepoint
Sharepointmaven.com
CAT6 Master Installer - Data Cable Installation
ICC Network Solutions Supplier
Associate of Science - Information Technology
El Camino College
Novell Certified Engineer -
New Horizons
- Novell Certified Engineer
- ICC Certified Master Installer - data cable systems
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